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ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
The Rocky Mountain National Park is in Colorado .
A dedication ceremony opened Rocky Mountain National Park in 1915 . When
you go to the Rocky Mountains , you feel like you're in the top of the
world . You can look down and see clouds below . The highway is 12,183
feet (3,713 meters) above the sea level . The park is 80 kilometers
big . The winter is a bit colder than ours .
ANIMALS , PLANTS
There more than 100 species of flowers and plants
in the Rockies . The pica is a kind of rabbit. Pica means rock rabbit
. The nutcracker is a kind of bird . The nutcracker belongs in the crow
family .A moose is the biggest animal in the Rocky Mountains. A moose is
the biggest animal in the deer family. The elk the biggest animal after
the moose . Elk is in the deer family . Each side of the Rocky Mountains
is two different worlds . The east side of the Rockies is much more warmer
and it has many more plants and animals and many more creatures too. Bighorn
is the most popular animal in the east . You can see a lot of sheep
and horses in the east too .
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This page last updated: 08/28/04
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